KR20230030423A - Safety information signal lamp device and method for providing safety information thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A safety information traffic light device installed on a service road for daily living in a designated area includes: at least one sensor for measuring environmental information of an installed place; a communication unit receiving safety-related analysis information of an area from the safety information analysis device; a display unit having front, rear, opposite and top surfaces, providing a space boundary between a roadway and a walking space and providing a function for inducing control of pedestrians; and an integrated controller which displays the safety-related analysis information and environment information through the front, rear, opposite and top surfaces of the display unit. Therefore, power supply and network connection, alarm or information display, and crime prevention management can be performed in an integrated manner.

Description

Safety information traffic light device and its safety information providing method {SAFETY INFORMATION SIGNAL LAMP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAFETY INFORMATION THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a safety information traffic light device and a method for providing safety information thereof, and more particularly, to a safety information traffic light device capable of confirming the safety state of pedestrians in daily life and effectively coping with dangerous situations, and a method for providing safety information thereof will be.

In general, street facilities include roads including driveways and sidewalks, closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in parks and alleys, streetlights, traffic lights, telephone poles, signs, public phone booths, bus/taxi stops, and electric signs such as signage. there is.

Street facilities provide a single function, such as video recording such as CCTV cameras, notifications and advertisements such as traffic lights, signs and billboards, and specific places such as public phone booths and bus/taxi stops. Depending on the installation location and support structure, street facilities provide services corresponding to complex functions through complex configurations such as traffic lights and CCTV cameras, telephone poles and CCTV cameras, and bus stops and electronic signboards. In addition, street facilities provide a call means to make an emergency request when a person is in danger.

Street facilities are intensively installed on arterial roads, and many CCTV cameras are installed in back roads, alleys around schools, residential areas and shopping areas, etc. to monitor incidents occurring in the area and use them for response instructions or evidence when necessary. do. Pedestrian safety is secured by setting up a living road zone, but it is expensive and difficult to manage to apply to many back roads.

Unmanned information providing devices such as smart poles and kiosks are installed in public places such as exhibition halls, banks, shopping malls and public institutions so that the public can easily use them for information providing services and unmanned automation of work. The provided information includes environmental information such as weather and atmospheric dust, disaster information, and government/local announcements. Such an unmanned information providing device is not installed on a back road because it is installed in an area frequented by people and has the purpose of being exposed to the public as much as possible.

In addition, inconvenient factors for pedestrians walking on back roads (living roads) that require management by each autonomous district include illegal parking and stopping on sidewalks, encountering vehicles entering back roads, narrow sidewalks, when entering traffic islands, damage and subsidence of road/sidewalk blocks, Illegal piled objects on the sidewalk, vehicle entry when using a crosswalk, etc., it is helpful to walk if these uncomfortable factors can be known in advance.

Therefore, depending on the location characteristics of the back road (living road), it is necessary to provide safety means such as walking space necessary for pedestrians and cars or parking space information, and to provide information to cope with the safety condition of the place or the dangerous situation of pedestrians. need.

In addition, fear of daily life felt in recent society is a major indicator for measuring quality of life, and pedestrian anxiety increases due to natural disasters, night walking, crime damage, and building accidents, and crime rates are higher than diseases and various accidents and disasters. appeared to be Therefore, fear of crime must be managed in terms of quality of life regardless of whether or not crime has occurred, so it is necessary to control and manage spatial attributes such as walking paths and geographical characteristics.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a safety information traffic light device capable of providing safety to pedestrians in daily life and a method of providing safety information thereof.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a safety information traffic light device installed on a living road in a predetermined area is provided. The safety information traffic light device has at least one sensor for measuring environmental information of the installed place, a communication unit for receiving safety-related analysis information of the area from the safety information analysis device, and front, rear, side and top surfaces, It includes a display unit providing a space boundary and providing a function of inducing pedestrian control, and an integrated controller displaying the safety-related analysis information and the environment information through the front, rear, side and top surfaces of the display unit.

The integrated controller may display different information through the front, rear, side and top surfaces of the display unit.

The safety-related analysis information may include at least regional safety index, living safety map, and living safety statistical information.

The integrated controller may provide road and vehicle traffic information and risk information through the display unit based on the safety-related analysis information.

The integrated controller may provide the safety-related analysis information and the environment information to the connected pedestrian terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing safety information in a safety information traffic light device installed on a living road in a predetermined area is provided. A method for providing safety information includes receiving safety-related analysis information of an installed area, obtaining environmental information, and providing the safety-related analysis information and environment information through at least one of the front, left and right surfaces, rear and top surfaces of a display unit. and providing a spatial boundary between the roadway and the walking space through the display unit and inducing control of the pedestrian.

The providing may include displaying different information through the front surface, the left and right surfaces, the rear surface, and the top surface.

The safety-related analysis information may include at least regional safety index, living safety map, and living safety statistical information.

The safety information providing method may further include providing the safety-related analysis information and the environment information to a connected pedestrian terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, various IoT devices can be simply installed beyond the concept of existing poles or supports, and can perform power supply and network connection, alarm or information display, and crime prevention management in an integrated manner.

In addition, various safety information provided from safety information providing devices operated by public institutions is analyzed by region and then provided to safety information traffic light devices installed in the relevant area to provide various safety-related information in daily life through color, text, and By providing by voice or the like, pedestrian safety can be improved.

In addition, even in places where street facilities are not installed, pedestrians can check various safety-related information in real time, and by using the information of the safety information traffic light device, walking based on the information on the walking space and road space of the back road (saenghal road) You can grasp the operating status to secure space.

1 is a diagram showing an operating system of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a regional safety index in a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing an example of displaying numerical values and ratings of air pollution conditions according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a safety information traffic light device shown in FIG. 1 .
5 is a diagram showing the external structure of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of road traffic information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of risk information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of passage information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .
9 is a diagram showing an installation example of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .
11 is a flowchart illustrating a safety information providing method of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification and claims, when a certain component is said to "include", it means that it may further include other components without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

Now, a safety information traffic light device and a safety information providing method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing an operating system of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an operating system of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a safety information providing device 100, a plurality of safety information analysis devices 200 ₁ to 200 _N , and a plurality of safety information traffic light devices ( 300 ₁ to 200 _M ). The operating system may further include a pedestrian terminal 400 .

The safety information providing device 100 collects safety-related information in daily life and predicts risks from the safety-related information. The safety information providing device 100 provides the collected safety-related information and predicted risk information to a plurality of safety information analyzing devices 200 ₁ to 200 _N .

Safety-related information is collected and statistically processed by public institutions, including regional safety indexes such as traffic/fire/crime/life safety/suicide/infectious disease index ratings by province and city, and daily life marked with disasters/police/traffic/health/living/facility It can include various information such as safety map, disaster/accident/police/facility/health/environment life safety statistics. Disasters can include natural disasters and social disasters. The safety-related information may further include air pollution level values and grades measured through the national air pollution monitoring network, and traffic information by point and by time provided by the traffic information providing system. In addition, safety-related information such as temperature, humidity, living weather index, and health weather index may be further included. Air pollution level values and grades may be provided as quantitative values and grades for ultrafine dust. The daily weather index is an index that can be used for people's life safety, and includes the UV index, food poisoning index, perceived temperature, freeze possibility index, heat index, discomfort index, and atmospheric diffusion index. In addition, the health weather index informs the risk of diseases sensitive to weather changes and can be used for health protection. There are cold index, stroke index, asthma lung disease index, and pollen concentration risk index.

The plurality of safety information analysis devices 200 ₁ to 200 _N are connected to the safety information providing device 100 through a network. A plurality of safety information analysis devices (200 ₁ to 200 _N ) are also connected to safety information traffic light devices (300 ₁ to 300 _M ) in the corresponding area, respectively. The safety information analysis device 200 ₁ may be connected to the safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M in various ways, such as a LAN communication method, a wireless communication method using a high-speed modem or Wi-Fi, and the like. In FIG. 1, for convenience of explanation, only the safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M installed in the area managed by the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ are illustrated.

A plurality of safety information analysis devices (200 ₁ to 200 _N ) receive safety-related information of the corresponding region from the safety information providing device 100, analyze the safety-related information of the corresponding region, and analyze the safety-related analysis information in the corresponding region. A plurality of safety information installed in the traffic light device is provided. The safety-related analysis information may be the same as information provided by the safety information providing device 100 or may include safety-related information such as natural disasters, large-scale human disasters, and the like specific to a region such as a residential environment and local infrastructure. Safety-related analysis information may include risk environment information and on-site action (action manual) information of geographical disaster vulnerable areas such as disaster risk zones (flooding, collapse, loss, isolation, etc.), landslide vulnerable areas, and steep slopes. Safety-related analysis information may include daily life safety behavior tips and emergency preparedness action tips information.

The safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M provide safety-related analysis information provided from the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ to the outside. The safety information traffic light device (300 ₁ ~ 300 _M ) can control pedestrian access by marking areas vulnerable to topographical disasters.

In addition, the safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M may collect environmental information through at least one sensor that measures environmental information and provide the environmental information to the outside.

The safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M include one or more display units (not shown). The safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M may provide safety-related analysis information and environment information in the form of text, video, or color through a display unit. For example, the safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 200 _M may display different colors of the display unit according to safety-related analysis information provided from the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ .

The pedestrian terminal 400 accesses a safety information traffic light device (eg, 300 ₁ ) of the corresponding area and checks safety-related analysis information for the corresponding area. The pedestrian terminal 400 may access a safety information traffic light device (eg, 300 ₁ ) in the corresponding area and may install an application program for requesting and outputting safety-related analysis information. The pedestrian terminal 400 may include a smart phone using a wireless communication network.

2 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a regional safety index in a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the regional safety index is displayed as a safety level. For example, safety levels may be classified into levels 1 to 5. The regional safety index may be divided into a plurality of regional groups and displayed as a relative safety level. Here, the plurality of regional groups may include, for example, special metropolitan cities, provinces, cities, counties, and districts.

The life safety map can provide information in 6 fields of disaster, public order, traffic, health, life and facilities, and the information that can be provided is shown in Table 1, for example.

Living safety statistics are statistical information for each region over several years, and the information that can be provided is shown in Table 2, for example.

3 is a diagram showing an example of displaying numerical values and ratings of air pollution conditions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , air pollution level values and grades may be provided as quantitative values and grade information for ultrafine dust. The grade information may be classified into 4 levels, such as good, normal, bad, and very bad.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a safety information traffic light device shown in FIG. 1 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , the safety information traffic light device 300 includes at least one sensor 310, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver 320, a display unit 330, a speaker 340, an integrated controller 350, A communication unit 360 and a storage unit 370 are included. The safety information traffic light device 300 represents the safety information traffic light devices 300 ₁ to 300 _M shown in FIG. 1 .

The at least one sensor 310 is a device for measuring environment information of an installed place, and may include, for example, sensors that respectively measure temperature, humidity, humidity, temperature, wind direction, wind speed, air pressure, and the like. These sensors may be Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

The GPS receiver 320 provides location information so that the location of the place where the safety information traffic light device 300 is installed can be identified. As an alternative to providing location information using the GPS receiver 320, a unique ID number of the safety information traffic light device 300 may be used. The location of the safety information traffic light device 300 can be confirmed through the unique ID number of the safety information traffic light device 300 . That is, since the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ to 200 _N provides safety-related information for each region, the unique ID number of the GPS receiver 320 or the safety information traffic light device 300 is the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ to 200 _N ), it can be used to provide safety-related information of the region corresponding to the location where the safety information traffic light device 300 is installed to the safety information traffic light device 300.

The display unit 330 visually displays safety-related analysis information under the control of the integrated controller 350 . The display unit 330 may be, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) display board.

The display unit 330 turns on a color corresponding to the safety state of the pedestrian in daily life under the control of the integrated controller 350 so that the pedestrian can check the safety state information in real time according to the color. In addition, the display unit 330 provides safety state information on the sidewalk under the control of the integrated controller 350 so that pedestrians are not exposed to daily risks.

The speaker 340 provides safety-related analysis information in voice. For example, when specific safety information such as air pollution or UV index is input, it can be widely disseminated through the speaker 340 . In addition, in order to deliver the safety-related analysis information displayed on the safety information traffic light device 300, announcements may be made through the speaker 340 automatically in areas including remote places and sloped areas.

That is, when specific safety information occurs, it is visually displayed through the display unit 330 provided in the safety information traffic light device 300 and provided as a voice through the speaker 340, so that people in places with poor surrounding facilities can Refer to the safety information so that you can take necessary actions.

The integrated controller 350 is an internal module of the smart safety information traffic light device 300, such as a sensor 310, a GPS receiver 320, a display unit 330, a speaker 340, a communication unit 360, and a storage unit 370. and sends an alarm to the corresponding safety information analysis device (200 ₁ ~ 200 _N ) so that immediate action can be taken in case of damage or malfunction.

In addition, the integrated controller 350 performs overall control functions of the smart safety information traffic light device 300, such as providing measurement information of the sensor 310 and displaying safety-related analysis information. The integrated controller 350 may perform a corresponding function by at least one processor (not shown). The at least one processor may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which a method according to embodiments of the present invention is performed.

The communication unit 360 supports connection with the safety information analysis devices 200 ₁ to 200 _N and supports connection with the pedestrian terminal 400 .

The storage unit 370 stores information provided from the safety information analysis devices 200 ₁ to 200 _N . The storage unit 370 may store its own information, such as a unique ID number of the safety information traffic light device 300, to provide to the pedestrian terminal 400.

5 is a diagram showing the external structure of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the safety information traffic light device 300 may include a display unit 330, a body unit 380, and a body fixing unit 390.

The body part 380 serves as a support for the display part 330 . It protects wires, cables and internal modules necessary for its own operation, and protects the inside from the environment such as external impact. The body part 380 provides a function of adjusting the height of the smart information traffic light device 300 according to the state of the installation place.

The body fixing part 390 is a part in contact with a facility on the ground or road, such as a pedestrian road or a side road, in order to install and fix the safety information traffic light device 300 in a necessary place.

The display unit 330 includes a front surface, both sides, a rear surface, and a top surface, and may display safety-related analysis information through the front surface, both sides (left and right surfaces), rear surface, and top surface. At this time, different safety-related analysis information can be displayed through the front, both sides, rear and top surfaces.

The display unit 330 provides safe passage information for pedestrians and vehicles. The display unit 330 is an inconvenient factor for pedestrians walking on the back road (life road), such as illegal parking and stopping on the sidewalk, encountering vehicles entering the back road, narrow sidewalks, entry into traffic islands, damage and subsidence of road/walk blocks, and sidewalks. Traffic information such as illegally piled objects and vehicle entry when using a crosswalk can be provided. The display unit 330 provides walking space information such as presence or absence of a walking path, type of a walking path, width of a walking path, road width of a vehicle, operation type (one-way, two-way), presence or absence of an on-street parking lot, existence of a walking space, location of a walking space (inside/outside the road) It can provide information such as the type of pedestrian road, the existence of illegal parking, etc.

The display unit 330 may function as a flashing signal during day and night to call attention to pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicle occupants.

In addition, the display unit 330 can be used as a night light such as a guide light/pedestrian light for walking at night in a blind spot, a parking lot of a piloti house, an underpass, a trail, and a green space where people are sparse, and thus can provide walking safety.

In addition, the display unit 330 may be used as a means for securing a space boundary and inducing control by using it as a means for walking space separated from a roadway, replacing a bollard considering nighttime safety, and a means for dividing an entrance space.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of road traffic information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .

As shown in FIG. 6 , the display unit 330 may provide road traffic information for vehicles, bicycles, or pedestrians.

In addition, the display unit 330 may be installed in a dangerous area such as a construction area adjacent to a back road, a controlled area, or a slope to display the danger information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of risk information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 , and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of traffic information provided through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .

As shown in FIG. 7 , the display unit 330 may provide risk information such as under construction, restricted areas, no curfew, no access, steep slopes, and collapse risk areas.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 8 , the display unit 330 provides one-way traffic or entry prohibition on a back road, so that the driver of the vehicle can easily know whether or not to pass rather than one-way traffic or entry prohibition displayed on the floor.

9 is a diagram illustrating an installation example of a traffic light device for safety information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed through the display unit shown in FIG. 5 .

Referring to FIG. 9 , the safety information traffic light device 300 may be installed on the ground such as a pedestrian road or a side road. The safety information traffic light device 300 may be installed in a plaza as well as a major road where many people pass. At this time, the safety information traffic light device 300 may be installed so that the front of the display unit 330 of the safety information traffic light device 300 is in the direction the driver faces.

This safety information traffic light device 300 provides a night lighting function through the display unit 330 in the blind spot of an alley, an underpass, a walking trail, etc. according to the installation area, thereby securing a view for safe walking, and an entrance and exit. In addition, it serves as a means to secure spatial boundaries or induce control on back roads where there is no distinction between cars.

Also, referring to FIG. 10 , the front of the display unit 330 displays traffic-related information, such as road traffic information, dangerous area signals, and vehicle traffic. The seating surface outside the road can display information related to a safe place in life. The right side, which is inside the road, can provide information related to life safety statistics. The left and right sides may be displayed interchangeably depending on the installation location on the back road. The rear side can display information related to the daily weather index and the health weather index. And the upper surface can display the regional safety index and air pollution level.

The display unit 330 may be used as a guide sign in a protection area for children, the elderly, etc. to strengthen pedestrian access control.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a safety information providing method of a safety information traffic light device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11 , the safety information traffic light device 300 receives safety-related analysis information from the safety information analysis device 200 ₁ in the installed area (S1110).

The safety information traffic light device 300 obtains environmental information measured by the sensor 310 (S1120).

The safety information traffic light device 300 displays safety-related analysis information and environment information through the display unit 330 based on the safety-related analysis information and environment information (S1130). As described based on FIG. 10 , the safety information traffic light device 300 may display various safety-related information through the front, left and right surfaces, rear and top surfaces of the display unit 330 .

At least part of the method for providing safety information according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a program or software that runs on a computing device, and the program or software may be stored in a computer-readable medium.

In addition, at least some of the methods for providing safety information according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as hardware that can be electrically connected to a computing device.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the following claims are also included in the scope of the present invention. that fall within the scope of the right.

Claims (9)

In the safety information traffic light device installed on the living road in a given area,
At least one sensor for measuring environmental information of the installed place;
A communication unit receiving safety-related analysis information of the area from the safety information analysis device;
A display unit having front, rear, side and upper surfaces, providing a spatial boundary between the roadway and the walking space and providing a function for inducing control of pedestrians; and
An integrated controller that displays the safety-related analysis information and the environment information through the front, rear, side and top surfaces of the display unit.
Safety information traffic light device comprising a. In paragraph 1,
The integrated controller displays different information through the front, rear, side and top surfaces of the display unit. In paragraph 1,
The safety information traffic light device, wherein the safety-related analysis information includes at least a regional safety index, a life safety map, and a life safety statistical information. In paragraph 1,
The integrated controller provides road and vehicle traffic information and danger information through the display unit based on the safety-related analysis information. In paragraph 1,
The integrated controller provides the safety-related analysis information and the environment information to the connected pedestrian terminal. In a method for providing safety information in a safety information traffic light device installed on a living road in a given area,
Receiving safety-related analysis information of the installed area;
obtaining environmental information;
Providing the safety-related analysis information and the environment information through at least one of the front, left and right surfaces, rear and top surfaces of a display unit; and
Providing a spatial boundary between the roadway and the walking space through the display unit and inducing control of the pedestrian
Safety information providing method comprising a. In paragraph 6,
The providing of the safety information includes displaying different information through the front surface, the left and right surfaces, the rear surface, and the top surface. In paragraph 6,
Wherein the safety-related analysis information includes at least a regional safety index, a life safety map, and a life safety statistical information. In paragraph 6,
Providing the safety-related analysis information and the environment information to a connected pedestrian terminal
Safety information providing method further comprising a.

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